LAST 12 MONTH
PREVALENCE OF TOP 20 DRUGS
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Whole Sample (N=78,819)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
90.8 56.7
48.2 45.9 23.4
18.5 16.4 12.3 11.7 10.6 10.1 8.7 7.8 6.3 6.2 5.7 4.7 3.9 3.9 3.8
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis*
Caffeinated Energy Drinks MDMA*
Shisha Tobacco Cocaine Electonic CigareJes Amphetamines*
Magic Mushrooms LSD Opioid Painkillers Benzodiazepines Nitrous Oxide Caffeine Tablets Ketamine Mystery White Powders Electronic THC Ritalin Poppers
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Australia (N=5,943)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
92.1 36.4
34.7 33.2 23.0
20.6 17.9 16.2 11.8
9.4 7.9 6.7 6.5 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.1
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis*
Caffeinated Energy Drinks MDMA*
Cocaine Opioid Painkillers Benzodiazepines Amphetamines*
LSD Magic Mushrooms Electronic CigareJes Shisha Tobacco Poppers Viagra Caffeine Tablets Nitrous Oxide Mystery White Powders Ketamine Synthe2c Cannabis
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Belgium (N=2,717)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
95.3 59.3
49.0 41.8
23.6 19.9 12.5
8.7 8.5 8.3 7.6 6.9 6.5 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.1
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0
Alcohol Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cannabis*
MDMA*
Cocaine Shisha Tobacco Magic Mushrooms Amphetamines*
Opioid Painkillers Electronic CigareJes Nitrous Oxide Ketamine LSD Ritalin Nutmeg Benzodiazepines Mystery White Powders 2CB Poppers
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Brazil (N=1,088)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
89.7 69.5
51.8 51.1 33.0
19.2 13.8
9.7 7.5 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.2 2.6
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Cannabis*
Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks LSD Cocaine*
MDMA*
Benzodiazepines Magic Mushrooms Electronic CigareJes Ayahuasca Viagra Shisha Tobacco Caffeine Tablets Ritalin Salvia Divinorum Mystery White Powders Opioid Painkillers DMT Amphetamines*
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Denmark (N=1,647)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
92.5 66.0
65.4 49.0
24.2 22.5 21.2 18.2 16.7 11.9
8.7 8.3 8.1 7.3 6.5 6.0 5.7 3.7 3.6 3.6
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Cannabis*
Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cocaine MDMA*
Magic Mushrooms Electronic CigareJes Amphetamines*
LSD Ritalin Nitrous Oxide Opioid Painkillers Ketamine Benzodiazepines Caffeine Tablets 2CB Mystery White Powders DMT Tramadol
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – France (N=2,051)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
94.3 74.2
66.6 37.9
24.4 23.1 22.8 13.0
12.5 9.4 9.3 9.0 8.3 7.2 5.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.6
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis*
Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cocaine MDMA*
Electronic CigareJes Shisha Tobacco Magic Mushrooms LSD Opioid Painkillers Poppers Amphetamines*
Benzodiazepines Ketamine Salvia Divinorum Tramadol Z Drugs Mystery White Powders Opium
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Germany (N=22,801)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
95.5 65.6
51.0 45.8
29.1 21.5
17.1 12.7 9.9 9.4 9.2 7.8 5.7 5.4 4.7 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cannabis*
Shisha Tobacco MDMA*
Amphetamines*
Cocaine Electronic CigareJes Caffeine Tablets Magic Mushrooms LSD Electronic THC Intranasal Caffeine Ketamine Nutmeg Ritalin Mystery White Powders Nitrous Oxide Benzodiazepines
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Hungary (N=3,239)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
94.1 61.5
49.9 37.6
21.5 12.8
12.8 10.1 9.7 8.5 6.0 5.3 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cannabis*
Shisha Tobacco MDMA*
Amphetamines*
Cocaine Magic Mushrooms Electronic CigareJes Benzodiazepines LSD Mystery White Powders Synthe2c Cannabis Caffeine Tablets Poppers Nitrous Oxide Nutmeg Viagra Ketamine Kratom Mephedrone 2CB DMT Salvia Divinorum Tramadol
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Mexico (N=643)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
94.1 77.5
66.9 42.8
32.5 26.9
25.7 19.0
10.3 10.0 9.8 9.5 8.1 6.4 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.6
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Cannabis*
Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks LSD MDMA*
Cocaine Shisha Tobacco Salvia Divinorum Magic Mushrooms Electronic CigareJes Benzodiazepines Amphetamines*
Peyote Mystery White Powders DMT Mescaline Ayahuasca Viagra Poppers
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Netherlands (N=2,807)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
96.7 66.0
61.8 50.6
46.0 26.5
23.7 22.4 22.0 14.5
14.0 12.0 9.5 9.3 7.2 7.0 6.2 4.9 4.7 3.8
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks MDMA*
Cannabis*
Nitrous Oxide Cocaine Shisha Tobacco Amphetamines*
Electronic CigareJes Magic Mushrooms Ketamine 2CB Ritalin GHB / GBL LSD Poppers Opioid Painkillers Mystery White Powders Benzodiazepines
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – New Zealand (N=5,731)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
91.0 46.2
35.3 33.5 19.1
13.1 11.5 7.9
7.1 6.8 6.8 6.2 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.6 3.2 3.2
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cannabis*
Tobacco Opioid Painkillers MDMA*
Tramadol LSD Shisha Tobacco Synthe2c Cannabis Benzodiazepines Electronic CigareJes Z Drugs Mystery White Powders Ritalin Caffeine Tablets Amphetamines*
Magic Mushrooms Nitrous Oxide Cocaine
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Portugal (N=630)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
92.2 63.8
51.3 37.0
15.9 13.3 10.3 8.7 8.1 4.3 4.1 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis*
Caffeinated Energy Drinks Shisha Tobacco MDMA*
Cocaine Benzodiazepines LSD Amphetamines*
Magic Mushrooms Electronic CigareJes Mystery White Powders Salvia Divinorum Synthe2c Cannabis Nutmeg Opioid Painkillers 2CB Crack Cocaine Nitrous Oxide
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Republic of Ireland (N=838)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
95.1 66.7
59.4 50.1
45.2 24.3
19.0 14.7 14.4 13.1 12.9 11.6 10.4 10.4 9.2 8.2 5.9 5.1 4.8 4.3
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis*
Caffeinated Energy Drinks MDMA*
Cocaine Electronic CigareJes Opioid Painkillers Shisha Tobacco Benzodiazepines Magic Mushrooms LSD Ketamine 2CB Mystery White Powders Amphetamines*
Tramadol Nitrous Oxide Caffeine Tablets 2CI
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Scotland (N=631)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
94.3 57.2
55.8 46.3
39.6 26.3
20.3 15.5
14.7 12.7 12.7 11.3 10.9 10.8 10.0 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.1 7.0
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis*
Caffeinated Energy Drinks MDMA*
Cocaine Electronic CigareJes Opioid Painkillers Ketamine Benzodiazepines LSD Magic Mushrooms Shisha Tobacco Poppers Nitrous Oxide Mystery White Powders Amphetamines*
2CB Caffeine Tablets Tramadol
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Spain (N=1,318)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
93.6 66.8
66.5 42.2
32.9 29.4 16.9
14.2 13.3 11.2 10.2 8.7 6.4 5.5 4.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Cannabis*
Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks MDMA*
Cocaine Amphetamines*
Shisha Tobacco Magic Mushrooms Electronic CigareJes Benzodiazepines LSD Mystery White Powders Ketamine Opioid Painkillers Poppers 2CB Opium Electronic THC Ritalin
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – Switzerland (N=5,133)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
93.1 63.8
52.3 41.0
26.1 15.5
12.9 12.1 9.1 6.5 5.7 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.7
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cannabis*
Shisha Tobacco MDMA*
Eletronic CigareJes Cocaine Amphetamines*
LSD Magic Mushrooms Caffeine Tablets Electronic THC Ritalin Poppers Nitrous Oxide Benzodiazepines Intranasal Caffeine Nutmeg Opioid Painkillers
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – United Kingdom (N=7,326)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
94.6 59.9
53.6 45.2
44.7 33.7
23.4 20.4 19.8 15.7 14.7 13.7 12.4 12.2 10.9 9.7 9.7 8.3 7.9 7.7
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis*
MDMA*
Caffeinated Energy Drinks Cocaine Electronic CigareJes Nitrous Oxide Ketamine Shisha Tobacco Opioid Painkillers Magic Mushrooms Benzodiazepines LSD Mystery White Powders Poppers Amphetamines*
Caffeine Tablets Mephedrone 2CB
Top 20 Drugs – Last 12 Months – USA (N=6,500)
Global Drug Survey GDS2014© Not to be reproduced without authors permission
% last year prevalence
*Denotes all types and prepara2ons
87.0 69.9
50.7 41.3
23.9 21.5 20.7 20.4 19.5 17.8 15.3 14.9 12.6 8.2
6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.3
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Alcohol Cannabis*
Tobacco Caffeinated Energy Drinks Electronic CigareJes Opioid Painkillers MDMA*
Magic Mushrooms Benzodiazepines LSD Shisha Tobacco Cocaine Electronic THC Nitrous Oxide Caffeine Tablets Tramadol DMT Amphetamines*
Ritalin Dextromethorphan
